WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
May 13, 2025 - 8:00 AM
For:
Benton, Megan (Self; Texas Values Action)
Sivadge, Vanessa (Self; Protecting Texas Children)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
Against:
Akintola, Oyindamola (Self)
Carmona, Gordy (Self)
Cohen, Hayden (Self)
Datla, Vivek (Texas Legislative Education Equity Coalition)
De La Torre, Ani (Self)
Hall, Ash (Self; ACLU of Texas)
Ingram, Antonio (NAACP Legal Defense Fund)
Jefferson, Princess (Self; Texas Appleseed)
Latham Sikes, Chloe (Self; IDRA (Intercultural Development Research Association))
Lauener, Autumn (Self; Texas Transgender Nondiscrimination Scholars)
Liu, Allen (NAACP Legal Defense Fund)
McLaughlin, Amanda (Self)
Miller, Laura (Self)
Miller, Matilda (Self)
Nasser De La Torre, Michelle (Self; Girls on the Run)
Reed, Nathaniel (Self)
Romero, Marshall (Self)
Sadiq, Azeemah (Self; Students Engaged in Advancing Texas)
Samuels, Cameron (Self)
On:
Misangyi, Minka (Self; Girls on the Run Bexar County)
Torrez, Adreayn (Girls Empowerment Network)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ayres, Shannon (Self; Citizens Defending Freedom)
Borrego, Jorge (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Diaz, Mike (Self)
Franklin, Shelia (Self; TRUE TEXAS PROJECT)
Lindstrom, Debbie (Self; Citizens Defending Freedom)
Long, Matt (Self)
Nobis, Tom (Self)
Ransdell, James (Self)
Reagan, Charlene (Self; True texas project)
Rhodes, Fran (Self; True tx project)
Rhodes, Fran (Self; True texas project)
Rogers, David (Self; True Texas Project)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Schulte, Tara (Self; CItizens Defending Freedom)
Seelig, Bonnie (Self)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Thompson, Jerry (Self)
Treat, Brita (Self)
Treat, Mark (Self)
Woodruff, Cristin (Self)
Against:
Afifi, Amanda (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists (TASP))
Aguilar, Salem (Self)
Aguirre, Alexis (Self)
Ajaz, Fuaad (Self)
Albert, David (Self; ACC/AFT)
Anderson, Alexander (Self)
Andrusiak, Kit (Self)
Andrusiak, Roy (Self)
Apel, Alexis (Self)
Avila, Sofia (Self)
Azazel, Lillith (Self)
Bandit, Brigitte (Self)
Barboza, Christopher (Self)
Beard, Billie (Self)
Beatty, Ngozi (Self)
Beck, Sarah (Self)
Bernabe, Allen (Self)
Bernard, Jennifer (Self)
Berrios, Felicity (Self)
Bitz, Ritzy (Self)
Biundo, Jen (Healthy Futures of Texas)
Blackstone, Rachel (Self)
Bledsoe, Gary (Self; Texas NAACP)
Blu, Mary (Self)
Bost, Collin (Self)
Brooks, Richard (Self)
Burns, Kaidan (Self)
Bush, Angela (Self)
Calamari, Shawn (Self)
Cass, Melody (Self)
Cass, William (Self)
Cerda, Aly (Self)
Charrie, Miguel (Self)
Cisneros, Salem (Self)
Cleveland, Danny (Self)
Cleveland, Sarah (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Coin, Kellin (Self)
Cook, Spenser (Self)
Cornett, Savvy (Self)
Cosme, Helena (Self)
Curran, John (Self)
Daniel, Greta (Self)
Daniel, Izzy (Self)
Del Carpio, Chris (Self)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Dunford, Summer (Self)
Elliot, Beau (Self)
Elora, Aeon (Self)
Famous Bob, World (Self)
Fantasia Wood, Queen (Self)
Fiedler, Levi (Self; Texas Freedom Network)
Fierro-Perez, Rocio (Self; Texas Freedom Network)
Fishkind, Julia (Self)
Flanders, Caitlin (Human Rights Campaign)
Flores, Zion (Self)
Foster, Maxim (Self)
Friesenhahn, Ginger (Self)
Frumkin, Samuel (Self)
Gale, Zenyth (Self)
Galvan, Miranda (Self)
Garcia, Surya (Self)
Garcia, Yesenia (Self)
Gibson, Jenson (Self)
Gillard, Savannah (Self)
Gogle, Em (Self)
Gonyaw, Gigi (Self)
Gonzalez, Ana (Texas AFL-CIO)
Gonzalez, Richard (Self)
Griffith, Carrie (Texas State Teachers Association)
Guajardo, Austin (Self)
Guajardo, David (Self)
Guajardo, Jordan (Self)
Guajardo, Nelda (Self)
Guajardo, Raelyn (Self)
Guerrero, Amelie (Self)
Harden, Cedrick (Self)
Haskins, Ace (Self)
Hatch, Marian (Self)
Henderson, Mikayla (Self)
Herrera, David (Self)
Higgins, Fred (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Hillman, Susan (Self)
Hinze, Xana (Self)
Hoffacker, Daphne (Self)
Hogle, Ash (Self)
Holley-Hurt, Carrie (Self)
Holley-Hurt, Russell (Self)
Holubec, Bryan (Self)
Hoover, Tamara (Self)
House, Skylar (Self)
Hughes, Cade (Self)
Hushka, Callijo (Self)
Immel, Jacob (Self)
Ivory, Sarah (Self)
Jennings, Nicholas (Self)
Jeter, Mars (Self)
Jha, Shalene (Self)
Jones, Garry (DFER TX)
Jones, Talee (Self)
Joseph, Zenobia (Self)
Juraska, A.J. (Self)
Khamphilavong, Kaylon (Self)
Kiker, Francesca (Self)
King, Carrie (Self)
Kling, Kelsey (Texas AFT)
Klose, Joanna (Self)
KNIGHT, ANITA (Self)
Knight, Aries (Self)
Kongdara, Somprathana (Asian Texans for Justice)
L, James (Self)
Laeky, Miriam (Self; Equality Texas)
Lamar, John (Self)
Langenkamp, Lucy (Self)
LaQueene, Maxine (Self)
Lea, Maggie (Self)
Luan, Midnight (Self)
Macias, Dylan (Self)
Mackey, Caysey (Self)
Manjarrez, Jesus (Self)
Martin, Mckenzie (Self)
McGough, Kimberly (Self)
McJunkins, Phillip (Self)
McMurray, Elaine (Self)
McNabb, Evangeline (Self)
Meckel, Nora (Self)
Mendoza, Elva (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Miller, Heather (Self)
Morales, Alan (Self)
Morales, Joe (Self)
Morton, Peggy (Self)
Noble, Virginia (Self)
Norris, Robert (Self)
Olvera, Marcelle (Self)
Padron, Armando (Self)
Pelton, Wynter (Self)
Pereira, Pietra (Self)
Perez, Toya (Self)
Person, Maria (Self)
Pogas, Constantinos (Self)
Pollock, Kristen (Self)
Prado, Maximiliano (Texas Students for DEI)
Preston, Rachel (Self)
Puente, Jaime (Self; Every Texan)
Quintanilla, Kennedy (Self)
Ramirez, Damien (Self)
Ramirez, Rebecca (The National Association of Social Workers- Texas Chapter)
Reyes, Robert (Self)
Richie, Landon (Transgender Education Network of Texas)
Riviera, Simone (Self)
Rizvi, Sameeha (Self)
Robinson, Kristine (Self)
Rodriguez, Amy (Self)
Rodriguez, Enoch (Self)
Rojas, Lindsay (Self)
Rordriguez, Katherine (Self)
Rose, Desiree (Self)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Sais, Journey (Self)
Salazar, Oscar (Self)
Salvatore, Serina (Self)
Sanchez, Ashley (Self)
Santa Maria, Michelle (Self)
Schilt, Paige (Self)
Schuette, Jessica (Jay) (Self)
Scissors, Lizzi (Self)
Selby, Mary (Self)
Slaymaker, Erika (Self)
Speed, Marcus (Self)
Staff, Jordan (Self)
Steinfeld, Era (Self)
Teel, Sara (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Teran, Victor (Self)
Trevino, Izar (Self)
Truong, Tyler (Self)
Unda, Maria (Self; Black Brown Dialogues on Policy)
Valdez, Dom (Self)
Valenzuela, Angela (Self; Texas LULAC)
Velasquez, Ryan (Self)
Venegas-Matula, Michelle (Self; Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry)
Vinson, Kris (Self)
Waid, Mandy (Self)
Walker, Dezaree (Self)
Walter, Erin (Self; Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry)
Whetstone, Morgan (Self)
Williams, Joshua (Self)
Wynne, Brendan (Self)
Yamagata, Valerie (Self)
Yanez, Rikki (Self)
Yrrobali, Lavender (Self)
Zamora, Emilio (Self; Texas lulac)
Zaner, Dylan (Self)
Zhou, Amy (Self)
On:
Autry, Evan (Self)
Autry, Evan (Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas)
Autry, Evan (Girl Scouts of Central Texas)
Autry, Evan (Girl Scouts of Greater South Texas)
Autry, Evan (Girl Scouts of Texas Oklahoma Plains)
Autry, Evan (Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas)
Autry, Evan (Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas)
Autry, Evan (Girl Scouts of Desert Southwest)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Chevalier, Andrea (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE))
McCall, Quinn (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Rodriguez, Abby (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Albert, David (Self; ACC/AFT)
Zuniga, Mison (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Camacho, Priscilla (Alamo Colleges District)
Cohen, Hayden (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Easley, Jennifer (Texas PTA)
Gibbs, Patti Morton (Self)
Ivory, Sarah (Self)
Kieschnick, Kelle (Self; Texas Business Leadership Council)
Klose, Joanna (Self)
McGough, Kimberly (Self)
Against:
Cornett, Savvy (Self)
Griffith, Carrie (Texas State Teachers Association)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
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